[E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS

Wed Apr 3 11:50:36 EDT 2024

I am thankful that the agency is getting some well-deserved scrutiny outside of the listserv. I also gave her your name, Ken, and told her you were probably the leading expert on USPTO searches in the entire world. Still waiting on that class offering from you (albeit on the new TESS)!

Chelsie Spencer | Managing Attorney

Ritter Spencer Cheng PLLC

15455 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600

Addison, Texas 75001

Office: 214-295-5070

Direct: 214-295-5074

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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Ken Boone via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS

FTR, I received the email below on March 18th.  I figured others in this E-Trademarks discussion group received similar requests for comments.  I responded with several emails over the next few days.  Based on the reply questions that I received from Louise Newstead, I concluded that she was neither an experienced trademark searcher nor familiar with searching either TESS or Trademark Search.  (Tim Lince requested comments from me in April 2021 for a WTR article about the flood of applications from China.)

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Hi Ken,

I hope you don’t mind me reaching out.

I’m a reporter at World Trademark Review and I’m writing an article this week on the USPTO’s new trademark search tool (the replacement for TESS), and on some of the feedback that has arisen since its launch a few months ago.

My colleague, Tim Lince, mentioned that you might be a good person to reach out to.

I was wondering whether you have any thoughts on how the new search engine compares to TESS? In particular, on any specific features/functions that you think have improved or worsened the search engine experience? And on whether you think the new system marks an improvement overall?

Any comments you could share by this time tomorrow would be great! We would then attribute these to you in the article.

Kind regards,

Louise

Louise Newstead

REPORTER, WTR

Louise.Newstead at lbresearch.com

www.worldtrademarkreview.com<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/>

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Happy Trademarking,
Ken Boone

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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS

Agreed. I have seen several articles from this publication over the years refer specifically to issues we discuss and complain about on this List. In fact, I recall this publication reporting several times on the "where you sleep at night" address issue and the publication repeated that exact language, making it even more well-known.

You are welcome, everyone.

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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Neil R. Ormos via E-trademarks
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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS

Attachment:  Article:  "USPTO to iteratively develop new trademark search system.pdf"

Alex Butterman via E-trademarks wrote:

> Did everyone see the attached article? I tried to send this to the
> list last week but it apparently never got posted. It is from WTR and
> the original may have been paywalled, but my office made this pdf copy
> for internal purposes and I'd like to think this is just fair use
> between colleagues helping each other out.

Thank you.

> It is a PTO response to our criticism of the new search software and I
> don't know why the PTO would or should respond only through trade
> press that puts this behind a paywall.

Of the people quoted in the article, six are not PTO officials.  At least four of those six are participants in Carl's e-mail lists.  I doubt that's mere coincidence.

Not only do Carl's e-mail lists serve practitioners directly, they also (it seems) serve journalists by aggregating the zeitgeist of the practitioner community and aid in identifying people who might be interviewed and quoted.

Thanks, Carl, for providing these e-mail lists.

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